HTML Formatter

Use HTML Formatter when you need to make messy code or data easier to read. Add the code or data, choose the option that matters, and review the formatted output.

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Format HTML Code

Turn minified or chaotically-indented HTML into cleanly nested, readable markup - or minify it back for production. Indentation that finally matches the actual element structure.

How to Use This Tool

HTML Formatter - Select File

1. Select File

HTML Formatter - Processing

2. Processing

HTML Formatter - Download File

3. Download File

What HTML Formatter checks

The formatter parses your HTML's element structure and re-indents it so nesting depth is visible at a glance - children indented under parents, siblings aligned, closing tags where you expect them. Minify mode does the reverse for shipping.

Why developers use it

Unreadable HTML hides structural bugs: an unclosed div that shoves the rest of the page into the wrong container is invisible in minified soup but obvious once indentation reveals the hierarchy - the misaligned closing tag just sits there looking wrong. Reading CMS output, emailed templates, or scraped markup without formatting first is voluntary suffering.

How the code or data is handled

Paste HTML, get formatted output. Processing runs in your browser, which matters when the markup contains real page content you'd rather not send to a random website. Format before debugging; minify before shipping.

Developer tasks it helps with

  • Making view-source and scraped HTML readable
  • Finding unclosed tags via indentation breaks
  • Cleaning up CMS and email-builder output
  • Standardizing indentation before code review
  • Minifying templates for production

Practical benefits

  • Structure bugs become visible
  • One consistent style across pasted-together code
  • Format and minify in one tool
  • Client-side - markup stays on your machine
  • Free, instant

Developer options included

  • Pretty-print with consistent, structure-true indentation
  • Configurable indent size
  • Minify mode strips whitespace for production
  • Handles inline CSS and JavaScript blocks
  • Copes with large documents
  • Runs client-side in your browser
  • Free, no limits

"Format before you debug - most 'mystery' layout bugs are just structure you couldn't see yet."

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